Minnesota vs Rhode Island
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Minnesota comes out ahead on 8 of them and Rhode Island on 7, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureMinnesotaRhode Island
Home price$356,887$517,078
Rent paid$1,272$1,357
Cost of living94.6110.6
Income$87,117$83,504
Property tax1.00%1.12%
Income tax9.85%5.99%
Sales tax8.14%7.00%
Electric bill$119$166
Temperature45.6°F50.9°F
Snowfall30.7 in18.9 in
Precipitation30.4 in45.6 in
Sunshine3.79 kWh/m²3.87 kWh/m²
Students per teacher15.713.0
Bachelor's or higher40.0%39.0%
Crime rate257154
Commute22.7 min26.3 min
Unemployment4.4%4.1%
Population change+2.2%+1.6%
Wildfire risk57.426.4
Flood risk79.385.5
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.